COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State government may not be saving money by using toilet paper and other items processed by Ohio inmates under a branch of the corrections department called Ohio Penal Industries. The Columbus Dispatch reports Ohio law requires state agencies to buy goods from OPI when it offers what’s needed, with some exceptions, [...]
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A coalition of opposition groups has called for a million people to take to Cairo’s streets Tuesday to demand Mubarak’s removal. In an apparent attempt to defuse the weeklong political upheaval, Mubarak named a new government Monday, but the appointments were treated with scorn by demonstrators.
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On January 29 an unknown suspect entered Mike’s Pit Stop, brandished a knife and demanded money from the cash register. The employee opened the cash register allowing the suspect to remove an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect then exited the business and fled on foot. The suspect is believed to be male and be [...]
Debra Ann (Nisly) Troyer, 40, of Plain City, died unexpectedly Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. Born May 28, 1970, in Hutchinson, Kansas, daughter of John Fredrick and Sara Mae Nisly. Debra accepted the Lord in her youth. She married Joe Troyer on Aug. 28, 1993, and was a very loving, committed wife and mother and faithful [...]
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By JAY LINDSAY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — He fused its steel with his welder’s torch in a Maine shipyard. He was there when this Cold War radar station, known as “Texas Tower No. 4,” first stood 80 miles offshore. And when the tower collapsed, David Abbott went down with it, one of 28 men [...]
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SEATTLE (AP) — Two Seattle-area men have been sentenced to more than 4 years in prison after pleading guilty to helping a Hollywood mogul and other wealthy clients avoid paying $240 million in taxes. Prosecutors had requested 6 years in prison for Quellos CEO Jeffrey Greenstein of Mercer Island and his tax attorney, Charles H. [...]
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Nothing has the ability to help save lives in our community more than a pint of blood. One blood donation has the ability to save up to three lives. Due to bad weather in the past few weeks, many central Ohio blood drives have had to be cancelled and that has created a shortage of [...]

By Hope Miller For The Madison Press The London FFA worked with the H.E.L.P. House for Christmas. The members that were present were: Tessa Valandingham, James Ernst, April Harris and Cheyanne Eckhoff. The members went to the H.E.L.P. House prior to the Outreach Day to help prepare donations. During this time FFA members James Ernst, [...]